Indian traders have signed contracts to ship 800,000 bales of cotton to China as demand surged from the world’s biggest consumer of the fibre due to a rally in prices in China, industry officials told Reuters.

U.S. and Indian government officials pressed on with talks on Thursday to resolve their differences over trade and investment, even though U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called off his visit because of bad weather.

British fashion billionaire Philip Green was named by a member of the House of Lords on Thursday as the businessman who used an injunction to suppress the publication of sexual harassment allegations by five employees.

Hedi Slimane presented his first show for Celine on October 1st. Both praised and harshly criticised, the designer chose to respond to his critics with a statement broadcast on TMC's "5 minutes de mode".